Lewis Pinault

Experience

1. Airbus VenturesGeneral Partner, Chief Scientistcurrent2015 — presentSilicon Valley & Tokyo
2. Bifrost AIStrategic Advisorcurrent2026 — present
3. UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary SciencesResearch Fellowcurrent2014 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
4. SETI InstituteAffiliate Scientistcurrent2024 — presentMountain View, California, United States
5. Q-CTRLBoard Director2021 — 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
6. TranscelestialBoard Director2020 — 2025Singapore
7. Telexistence IncBoard Director2018 — 2025Tokyo, Japan
8. InfostellarBoard Director2017 — 2025Tokyo, Japan
9. Atlas AIChairman and Board Director2020 — 2024Palo Alto, California
10. LeoLabs, Inc.Board Observer2020 — 2023Menlo Park, California
11. Seraphim CapitalMember of the Seraphim Space Advisory Board2018 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
12. Spire Global, LtdDirector, Corporate Development2016 — 2017Glasgow, Scotland
13. Satellite Applications CatapultSpace Innovations Advisor2015 — 2016Harwell, Oxford
14. Imperial College LondonSenior Innovation Fellow2015London Area, United Kingdom
15. Innovate UK's Digital CatapultDigital Catapult Innovation Centre Director2013 — 2014London, United Kingdom
16. BOXFounder and Managing Director2006 — 2013London Area, United Kingdom
17. Electronic Data SystemsGlobal Industries Vice President, EDS (now DXC.technology)2002 — 2006London Area, United Kingdom
18. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationResearcher, Consultant and Author, NASA Space Grant Fellow1997 — 2002
19. Coopers & Lybrand (now IBM Global Business Services)Financial Institutions Director and Partner1995 — 1997Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai
20. Gemini ConsultingManager and Subcontractor1990 — 1994London, Tokyo and Singapore

Education

1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyScience Bachelor, UN Scholar1977 — 1982
2. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)MSc, Sea-Use Law1985 — 1986
3. University of Hawaii at ManoaJuris Doctorate, NASA Space Grant Fellow1997 — 2000
4. Birkbeck, University of LondonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geology2014 — 2024

Skills & more

Languages 1 English · 2 Japanese · 3 French · 4 German · 5 Mandarin Chinese

From Lewis's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

FWFred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHTHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBFBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMHMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDADelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

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Also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)797

LFLee FixelFounder of AdditionPGPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalCPCyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesSDSofia DolfeInvestor at Index VenturesJVJonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesLFLavinia FerriAssociate at P101 Ventures

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Also attended University of Hawaii at Manoa23

SDShirish DeodharInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesDVDr. Virginia CHAVenture Partner at iGlobe PartnersTYTim YoungCo-Founder and General Partner at Eniac VenturesSKSteve KiserGeneral Partner at Veteran Ventures CapitalMTMaya TrujilloAssociate at VamosVenturesJJJacob JohnsonPrincipal at Laerdal Million Lives Fund

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Also attended Birkbeck, University of London23

CFCory FinneyFounder, Managing Partner at Greater Colorado Venture FundADAristos DoxiadisPartner Emeritus at Big Pi VenturesCBCarl ByersPartner at F-Prime Capital PartnersSWStan WilliamsPartner at Fuel VenturesPNPatrick NewtonPartner at Form VenturesALAndreas LoewPartner at Scion Life Sciences

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Shared employers

Also worked at Q-CTRL12

BYBen YuInvestor at Sierra VenturesBDBRITT DANNEMANPrincipal at Alpha EdisonARAravind RatnamChief Strategy Office, Q-Ctrl at SeafundNCNicole ConnerPartner at Airbus VenturesJMJoseph MillerInvestor at Morpheus VenturesDPDamien PettyInvestor at Morpheus Ventures

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Also worked at Transcelestial3

NENicolas El BazeSenior Advisor at Partech VenturesAFAlex FarrugiaInvestment Manager at PaspalisYHYuichiro HikosakaPartner, Head of Asia at Soma Capital

Also worked at Infostellar1

YHYuichiro HikosakaPartner, Head of Asia at Soma Capital

Also worked at LeoLabs, Inc.1

LDLaurent DrionPartner at E-Merge